Soft tissue tumours of the elbow: current concepts

[摘要] Soft tissue tumours around the elbow are rare, with an incidence of around 3.8% of all soft tissue tumours.1 Benign soft tissue tumours occur approximately 10 times more frequently than malignant ones.2 Nevertheless, although the clinical presentation of the most frequent lesions might be straightforward, it can often be difficult to differentiate benign and reactive lesions from malignant and aggressive ones on purely clinical grounds. Thus, it is important for the clinician to be aware of the wide variety of these lesions and treat appropriately or refer to a specialist centre. When a lesion raises suspicions, it should not be only treated with excisional biopsy, as this approach might lead to errors which are difficult to remedy. Where there is doubt after initial assessment, this should prompt referral to a specialized tumour centre, where an appropriate biopsy and preoperative and reconstructive planning should take place prior to undertaking any treatment. This article reviews the most common benign and malignant soft tissue tumours of the elbow and discusses the clinicopathological findings, imaging characteristics and current concepts of treatment.

[学科分类] 神经科学

[关键词] benign;elbow;malignant;soft tissue;tumours